night creature

ever since i was younger, my dad has called me a night creature. i tend to get more energy and motivation at night and like to stay up late working on whatever i'm doing at the moment. and i kinda feel calmer at night sometimes.

some scientists even think there may be a difference in a gene between day people and night people.

also, i'm still not afraid to admit that i like the movie Garden State. it makes me smile, and i relate to her hamster tubes and burial ground.

Crystal's Office

Sometimes I like to draw lots of tiny little things all in one place, like a desk with tons of objects on it, or maybe kitchen shelves with dishes stacked everywhere. This is old, from a few years back. This is a drawing of my friend Crystal's desk.

college years...

I was going through some things in my office today, trying to organize, and I ran across this drawing from college. It was for my Color & Design class my freshman year. Our final project was to create a color image of a fruit or vegetable using ruling pen, which is a truly horrific
device that many universities use to inflict pain and endless hours of agony upon young students (see the second picture). This drawing was just a preliminary sketch/study we had to do in pencil of our chosen fruit or vegetable. I chose a radish.

Looking back on it, there are things I would handle differently. Especially the leaves. They're so stiff, and kind of flat looking to me. The delicate nature of them doesn't appear to be conveyed in the drawing. But, I guess it wasn't too bad for an 18/19 year-old baby college student. Man, time sure does fly.

project for later

Dear Ehron,

Some of my family used to live in Germany for years. I visited them there with my mom and dad when I was young, about 4 or 5, and I surprisingly remember a lot of it. My oldest cousin, Ehron, even took me into her class for show-and-tell.

After the visit, Ehron and I became pen pals for a while. I saved all the letters and such. I found this and thought I would share it; its a picture of a unicorn that she drew for me. I think its pretty cute.

Old Illo

This is an illustration from a few years ago. It's a self mailer I did to get freelance work. I was just thinking about it today because I love my kitty so much. She's so cute!!!!! And that's my tiny robot clock too. Yep, its real folks.

Brittany

I was looking through some old sketchbooks today after work. There are a lot of things I started but for one reason or another, abandoned. One of them was a book about my little sister, Brittany.

My sister was born with a cleft lip and palate. She has been through a lot in her life even though she is only 25, including more than 10 surgeries(if my count isn't off). She went through speech pathology and hospital stays, 5 years of painful braces, kids taunting, teasing, and staring. She is strong.

Regardless of what she might say, she was the most adorable little kid. She was such a funny little tom boy, running around with more energy than imaginable in her pink 1980's running shorts.

A few years ago I wanted to write and illustrate a book about her experience growing up with a cleft lip and palate. How it was similar to and different from that of other children. I am currently working on a completely different childrens book though, which I have developed much much further along.

Maybe one day I will come back to this project though. Maybe if I get a book deal for the one I am currently working on(I can only imagine!) I will be able to create the book about my sister.

I scanned in and posted one of my sketchbook pages. It has some quick drawings of her face & her in a swimsuit(cute chubby baby legs & belly!) and some ideas I had for pages.